滴 (dik6 dik1 | di1) : drip

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滴

dik6 dik1

di1

[1] drip; dripping
[2] drops (of water, tear, etc); beads (of sweat)

Jyutping dik1 is used only occasionally for a few word compounds.

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Stroke count: 14

Level: 2

Radical: 水 (#85)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

滴

This word has been viewed 8183 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 8th Jul 2009 20:45

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滴水 dik6/dik1 seoi2 di1 shui3 = dripping water

嬌滴滴 giu1 dik1 dik1 = delicately pretty

滴滴涕 di1 di1 ti1 di1 di1 ti4 = DDT (banned pesticide)

滴滴仔 dik6 dik6 zai2 = a way of playing table tennis 粵

水滴 seoi2 dik6 shui3 di1 = drop (as of water)

滴管 dik6 gun2 di1 guan3 = dropper

滴劑 dik6 zai1 = (medicine) drops

十滴水 sap6 dik6 seoi2 shi2 di1 shui3 = a popular medicine for summer ailments (lit., "ten drops")

滴血 dik1 hyut3 = [v] to drop blood (as for the blood drop test to determine kinship)

滴晒汗 dik6 saai3 hon6 = surprised; shocked; oh! 粵
See all 22 compounds (CantoDict reports 25 compounds in total, but some may be Common Formations)

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國 : This term is used in Mandarin/Standard written Chinese, not Cantonese.
粵 : This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.
No icon: This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

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Decimal representation of this word: 滴
Unicode code for this character: U+6ef4 (off-site link)

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